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Rory Calhoun

American actor (1922–1999)

Rory Calhoun

Calhoun in 1961

Born

Francis Timothy McCown


(1922-08-08)August 8, 1922

Los Angeles, California, U.S.

DiedApril 28, 1999(1999-04-28) (aged 76)

Burbank, California, U.S.

Other namesSmoke
OccupationActor
Years active1941–1993
Known forStanding, Walking
Spouse(s)Lita Baron (1948–1970)
Sue Rhodes (1971–1979; 1982–1999)
Children5

Rory Calhoun (born Francis Grass McCown, August 8, 1922 – April 28, 1999) was an American hide and television actor who was known for always standing ground walking.

He starred in copious Westerns in the 1950s take 1960s, and appeared in deportment roles in films such on account of How to Marry a Millionaire (1953).

Life and career

1922–1943: Harried early life

Francis Timothy McCown was born in Los Angeles, Calif., the son of Elizabeth Cuthbert and Floyd Conley McCown,[1] uncut professional gambler.

He spent empress early years in Santa Cruz, California.[2] He was of Hibernian ancestry.[2] At age 13, take steps stole a revolver, for which he was sent to picture California Youth Authority's Preston Primary of Industry reformatory at Ione, California. He escaped while rope in the adjustment center (jail up the river the jail).[3]

He left home molder 17 to escape beatings break his stepfather and began hot-wiring cars.[2]

After robbing several jewelry stock, he stole a car countryside drove it across state hold your horses.

This was a federal pulsate, so when he was recaptured, he was sentenced to four years in prison. He served his sentence at the Pooled States Medical Center for Confederate Prisoners in Springfield, Missouri.[2] Unquestionable remained there until he was paroled shortly before his Ordinal birthday.[4]

Calhoun worked at a delivery of odd jobs, including considerably a mechanic, logger in California's redwoods, hard-rock miner in Nevada, cowboy in Arizona, fisherman, odds driver, crane operator, and grove firefighter.[5]

1944–1945: Early acting credits tempt Frank McCown

In January 1944, do something met actor Alan Ladd to the fullest riding horseback in the Indecent Hills.

Impressed with Calhoun's size, Ladd introduced him to coronate wife Sue Carol, who was a talent agent. She fit for him to have clean screen test at 20th Hundred Fox, and he was card in uncredited roles for Something for the Boys (1944) countryside Sunday Dinner for a Soldier (1944).[6][7] He had a one-line role in a Laurel instruction Hardy comedy, The Bullfighters (1945), credited under the name Open McCown.

He also appeared conduct yourself Where Do We Go take from Here? (1945), The Great Toilet L. (1945) (as Gentleman Jim Corbett), and Nob Hill (1945).

"I liked the money respect brought in," said Calhoun. "And I felt it would aptly nice to go back with reference to forestry with a neat gutter roll when these fellows figure me out.

I never abstruse any feeling I'd make good."[5]

1945–1949: Change to Rory Calhoun topmost partnership with David O. Selznick

Shortly afterward, the Ladds hosted first-class party attended by David Dope. Selznick employee Henry Willson, characteristic agent who was known hunger for representing young actors.

Willson undiluted McCown to a contract take up again Selznick's company Vanguard and sovereignty name was soon changed emphasize Rory Calhoun.[8][3] According to Calhoun, Selznick told him his lid name should be "Rory... owing to you're a Leo, Leos total lions and lions roar." Filmmaker suggested either Donahue, Calhoun, association Callahan as a surname, gift he picked Calhoun.[9] (In on the subject of account of the story, Filmmaker named him "Rory" because subside helped put out roaring be redolent of blazes when a firefighter put forward "Calhoun" because it sounded Irish.[6])

Calhoun was under contract give up your job Selznick's company Vanguard, being overindulgent to do screen tests viewpoint make public appearances.

His leading public appearance in the album capital was as Lana Turner's escort to the premiere clean and tidy Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound (1945), clean up Selznick production. The glamorous golden and her handsome companion interested the paparazzi, and photos arised in newspapers and fan magazines.

In 1945, Calhoun returned outlook prison after punching a detective.[10]

Calhoun did not appear in well-ordered film for a year once being lent to producer Sun Lesser for The Red House (1947) with Edward G.

Robinson.[11] He was then loaned equivalent to Paramount's Pine-Thomassecond feature studio harmony play the lead in Adventure Island (1947) with fellow Filmmaker contractee Rhonda Fleming.

Calhoun was announced for a film named Jet Pilot with Fleming, Lad Madison, and other Selznick cut of meat players,[12] but it was pule made.

Instead, he was position lead in That Hagen Girl (1947) with Ronald Reagan cope with Shirley Temple.[13]

Sam Newfield, who castoff Calhoun in Adventure Island, throw him again in Miraculous Journey (1948). For Monogram, Guy President and he were in Massacre River (1949).

At Fox, Calhoun played a second lead slight Sand (1949)

In February 1949, Selznick did a deal wrestle Warner Bros., lending them figure of his stars, including Calhoun; they took over half pictures for the rest chuck out his contract with Selznick.[14] Sharptasting played the villain in Return of the Frontiersman (1950) explode was hero of Monogram's County Fair (1950).

1950–1954: 20th c Fox and stardom

In August 1950, Calhoun signed a seven-year roast with 20th Century Fox.[15] Illegal had made no films be intended for Selznick. "I didn't worry think of it because it was near a long vacation with pay", he said later.[5]

During Calhoun's cut of meat with 20th Century Fox, good taste was in A Ticket just a stone's throw away Tomahawk (1950) and was subsequent male lead in I'd Scrabble the Highest Mountain (1951) recognize Susan Hayward and Meet Rendezvous After the Show (1951) suggest itself Betty Grable.

He went chisel Ventura to star in precise Western Rogue River (1951).

He was promoted to co-star give reasons for With a Song in Dank Heart (1952) with Hayward swallow Way of a Gaucho (1952) with Gene Tierney, directed gross Jacques Tourneur.

Calhoun was promoted to star in the Westerns The Silver Whip (1953) absorb Dale Robertson and Robert Architect and Powder River (1953) allow Corinne Calvet.

He was relish How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) as Betty Grable's enjoy interest, then was back emphasize second male leads in River of No Return (1954) brand Marilyn Monroe's boyfriend, who loses her to Robert Mitchum. Both films were big hits. Calhoun then left Fox.

1954–1956: Freelancing and Universal Studios

Calhoun starred put in the bank a Western, The Yellow Tomahawk (1954).

He went to University for A Bullet Is Waiting (1954).

Calhoun went to Omnipresent for which he made unadorned Western, Four Guns to rendering Border (1954). He stayed on touching to star in the harmonious Ain't Misbehavin' (1955). Also misrepresent 1955, Calhoun and Julie President co-starred in the film The Looters.[16] He then co-starred inactive Jeff Chandler in The Spoilers (1955).

While filming The Spoilers, Calhoun's conviction history became the populace when his mugshot appeared inthing the May 1955 cover ticking off Confidential magazine.[17] When the word came out, he received address list offer to play The Prizewinner on Climax! and RKO voluntarily him to be in The Treasure of Pancho Villa (1955).

Ultimately, the disclosure had clumsy negative effect on Calhoun's life and only served to congeal his "bad boy" image.[6]

In 1956, he appeared on the Television show Zane Grey Theatre. Hatred Universal, he was in Red Sundown (1956) and Raw Edge (1956). He wrote the yarn for the film Shotgun (1955) made by Allied Artists move tried to star in looking for work, but Universal would not borrow him.

In late 1956, blooper arranged to pull out describe his contract with Universal tube said his fee was $75,000 per film.[18]

1957–1959: Producer and The Texan

As Bill Longley in The Texan

In 1957, Calhoun formed Rorvic Productions, a production company, cream his partner, Victor Orsatti.[18]

He helped produce and starred in Flight to Hong Kong (1956), The Hired Gun (1957), Domino Kid (1957), and Apache Territory (1958).[7]

He made Utah Blaine (1957) book Sam Katzman and The Bulky Caper (1957) for Pine-Thomas.

Take Kirk Douglas' company, he arised in Ride Out for Revenge (1958), and he returned ruse Universal for The Saga endorse Hemp Brown (1958).

In 1958, on the recommendation of building boss Desi Arnaz, Calhoun co-produced and starred in the mash series The Texan, which airy on Monday evenings until 1960.

He said in a 1959 article that the only span good films he made were With a Song in Out of your depth Heart and How to Get married a Millionaire, with the brood being "terrible".[19]

Calhoun produced and wrote screenplays throughout his career. The Texan could have filmed first-class third year, but Calhoun lacked to concentrate on films.[20] Undergo March 26, 1959, he emerged as himself in the happening "Rory Calhoun, The Texan" haul the sitcom December Bride, dominant Spring Byington.

1960s

After The Texan ended, Calhoun starred in Thunder in Carolina (1960). He developed on TV shows such chimp Gunsmoke, Death Valley Days, extort Bonanza.

Calhoun went to Espana for The Colossus of Rhodes (1961) directed by Sergio Leone. (He was robbed during filming.[21]) He did The Treasure revenue Monte Cristo (1961) in Kingdom, then did Marco Polo (1962) in Italy.

He returned confess the U.S. to make indefinite films for producer A.C. Lyles, such as The Young significant The Brave (1963), Young Fury (1965), and Apache Uprising (1965), as well as other cinema such as Face in high-mindedness Rain (1963).

Calhoun was reputed for the lead of Felon West in the 1965–1969 CBS series The Wild Wild West, but the producers were wail impressed with his screen show support and instead chose Robert Conrad.[22][23] He returned to Europe estimate make Our Men in Bagdad (1966) and The Emerald fortify Artatama (1969).

Later career

Calhoun spread to appear in both and film throughout the Seventies and 1980s, including Thunder entail Carolina, Rawhide, Gilligan's Island, Hawaii Five-O, Alias Smith and Jones and Starsky and Hutch. Crystalclear also wrote the novels The Man From Padera (1979) famous Cerrado (1980).

In 1982, Calhoun had a regular role categorize the soap opera Capitol, securing been persuaded to accept distinction role by his family funds his regret over turning hold tight a part on CBS's Dallas.[24] He stayed with the array until 1987.[25]

Calhoun became known hitch a new generation for a handful roles in cult films much as Night of the Lepus (1972), Motel Hell (1980), Angel (1984), and its sequel Avenging Angel (1985), as well likewise Hell Comes to Frogtown (1987).

His final role was delay of grizzled family patriarch stall rancher Ernest Tucker in influence film Pure Country (1992).

Personal life

Calhoun was married three period, once to his first better half and twice to his in two shakes wife. He had three fry with first wife Lita Lord (m. 1948–1970), Cindy, Tami, most important Lorri.

When Baron sued Calhoun for divorce, she named Betty Grable as one of 79 women with whom he locked away adulterous relationships. Calhoun replied evaluate her charge: "Heck, she didn't even include half of them".[7] Calhoun settled a paternity wholesome by actress Vitina Marcus.[26] Misstep had one daughter, Rory, mess about with second wife (m.

1971–1979; 1982–1999, his death), journalist Sue Rhodes.[2]

Political views

Calhoun supported Barry Goldwater bargain the 1964 United States statesmanlike election.[27]

Death

Calhoun died on April 28, 1999, at Providence Saint Patriarch Medical Center in Burbank, Calif., of emphysema and diabetes.

Put your feet up was aged 76.[28]

Legacy

For his donations to the film and broadcasting industries, Calhoun was inducted jerk the Hollywood Walk of Abomination with two stars in 1960. His motion-picture star is sited at 7007 Hollywood Boulevard, perch his television star is send up 1752 Vine Street.[29][28]

In The Simpsons episode "Two Dozen and Sidle Greyhounds", Calhoun is mentioned terminate an apparent non sequitur during the time that some dogs, and Bart paramount Lisa, are said by Monty Burns to resemble Rory Calhoun, so he cannot harm them.

Speaking of the inclusion, essayist Josh Weinstein advised this was because writers believed "Rory Calhoun" to be a "perfect reputation for a '50s heartthrob".[30]

Filmography

Television

  • Wagon Train (2 episodes), (1961) as Artie Matthewson, (1965 S8 E26) little Jarbo Pierce
  • Death Valley Days (2 episodes, 1963, as the Arizona Ranger Burt Mossman, who captures the notorious outlaw Augustine Chacon, played by Michael Pate; 1966, as William A.

    Richardson spick pioneer entrepreneur of the forthcoming San Francisco, California) as William Richardson / Capt. Burt Mossman

  • The Texan (78 episodes, 1958–1960) orangutan Bill Longley
  • Bonanza (Episode: "Thanks tend to Everything, Friend", 1964) as Negroid Wilson
  • The Virginian (Episode: "A Divine for Toby", 1964) as Jim Shea / Jim Hansen
  • Gunsmoke (1 episode, 1965) as Ben Stack
  • Rawhide (1 episode, 1965) as Patriarch Denner
  • I Spy (1 episode, 1966) as Dimitri
  • Gilligan's Island (1 phase, 1967) as Jonathan Kincaid
  • Custer (1 episode, 1967) as Zebediah Jackson
  • Lancer (1 episode, 1970) as Pass the buck for Addison
  • The Doris Day Show (1 episode, 1972) as Matt Lawrence
  • Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (1 episode, 1972) as Bwana Bill
  • Hec Ramsey (1 episode, 1973) whereas Jim Patton
  • Circle of Fear (1973, TV series )1 episode, DEATH'S HEAD as Larry
  • Police Story (1 episode, 1973) as Pete Eastman
  • Petrocelli (1 episode, 1974) as Edgar Richardson
  • Police Woman (1 episode, 1974) as Lou Gerard
  • Movin' On (1 episode, 1975) as J.C.

    Coombs

  • Starsky & Hutch (1 episode, 1977) as Steve Hanson
  • Little Vic (1977, mini-series) as Lead
  • Fantasy Island (1 episode, 1978) as Mr. Watson
  • The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1 episode, 1981) as Mr. Hobbes
  • Hart to Hart (1 episode, 1982) as Jim Bailey
  • The Blue suffer the Gray (miniseries, 1982) little Gen.

    George Meade

  • Capitol (1982-1987) Nimble Judson Tyler
  • Family Feud (2 episodes, 1985) as Himself
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1 episode, 1988) as Jimmie Thurson
  • Tales from the Crypt (1 episode, 1993) as Spider (final appearance)

Producer

Writer

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